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The Kent State baseball team lost last night at Arizona State 17-6, in an opening round NCAA Regional game in Tempe, Ariz. Seniors Jason Patton and Greg Rohan guided the offensive attack. Patton was 4 for 4 with 4 RBI and hit his 15th home run of the season. Rohan was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. His home run cleared the "batter's eye" in center field, only the 24th player to do so in the 36 year history of Packard Stadium.

Kent State will play Cal Poly at 5p.m. EST. Kyle Smith will pitch for the Flashes against DJ Mauldin from the Mustangs. Fans can listen to the game at www.kentstatesports.com.

While some fans have complained that the Golden Flashes got a tough draw, being a four seed and playing a team as accomplished as Arizona State, head coach Scott Stricklin sees it the other way. "I'm telling our guys that Arizona State is not happy about playing us either," Stricklin told the Record Courier. "They are a national seed and here they have to play a team in the first round that was nationally ranked for half the year. Some people let me know that we got a bad draw, that we got the shaft, but I look at it the other way. Arizona State is probably saying 'Kent State is a pretty darn good team, maybe we got the shaft a little bit on this draw.' "

The MAC Tournament Champion Kent State baseball team will travel to Tempe, Arizona to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, May 29 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. Kent State received a 4 seed and Arizona State is the 1 seed. The Sun Devils received the #5 national seed. The game will start at 10p.m. eastern time. The other opening game in the regional will feature 3rd seeded Cal Poly taking on 2nd seeded Oral Roberts.

The Kent State baseball team (42-15) defeated Toledo this afternoon 5-3 in front of 1,518 fans at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe to win the 2009 MAC Tournament. Kent State scored all five of their runs in the first inning. Ben Klafczynski and Greg Rohan hit solo home runs for KSU then Travis Shaw hit a two run shot. That's all the scoring Kent State would need as Kyle Smith came back from injury earlier in the season to start and give a solid three innings. Kent State's bullpen, which did a fantastic job in the entire tournament, even without MAC Freshman of the Year Andrew Chafin, took over from there. Alan Morrison, Robert Sabo and Jon Pokorny did the job from there.

Kyle Hallock, Jimmy Rider, Jason Patton and Chris Tremblay all made the All-Tournament team. Shortstop Chris Tremblay was named the Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

The Kent State baseball team will take on the Toledo Rockets at 1p.m. on Saturday for the MAC Tournament Championship. Toledo defeated Eastern Michigan 9-6 on Friday night to eliminate the Eagles. Kent State (41-15, 17-9) and Toledo (24-29, 14-12) met for a three game weekend series April 10-12 in Toledo. Kent State took two out of three games, with Brad Stillings firing his no hitter on April 10. Fans can listen to the game at www.kentstatesports.com.

The Kent State baseball team eliminated Miami today, winning 12-8 at the MAC Baseball Tournament in Chillicothe. The Golden Flashes will now advance to the championship round tomorrow against whoever emerges from the Eastern Michigan/Toledo side of the bracket. Jason Patton was 2 for 6 with 4 RBI and a homer today while Chris Tremblay, Anthony Gallas, Greg Rohan and Jared Humphreys all had two hits.

The #4 seed Kent State baseball team (40-15) defeated #8 Central Michigan tonight by a score of 17-2 at the MAC Tournament in Chillicothe. Kyle Hallock was excellent on the hill for the Golden Flashes. Hallock went 6.2 innings giving up two runs on seven hits. Shortstop Chris Tremblay began the game with a home run and went 4 for 5 while Anthony Gallas had 5 RBI to lead Kent State. Kent State will play tomorrow at 4P.M. against the winner of the Miami/Central Michigan game that will take place tomorrow morning. Bowling Green and Ball State, the #1 and #2 seeds respectively, were both eliminated today.

The Kent State baseball team's quest for a 7th MAC Tournament title will resume tonight when they take on the Central Michigan Chippewas. CMU defeated #1 seed Bowling Green this morning 6-2. The game made it to the fourth inning last night then a power outage in the stadium delayed it till this morning. KSU was supposed to play today at 4P.M. but that start time has been pushed back to around 6P.M.

The Kent State baseball team rallied to come from behind and post a 6-4 victory over Miami in the first game of the MAC Tournament this morning in Chillicothe. Greg Rohan, Jason Patton and Ryan Mitchell all smacked home runs for the Flashes. Kent State now advances to take on the winner of the Bowling Green-Central Michigan game which will be played at 7:30p.m. tonight. KSU will play tomorrow at 4p.m. Kent State is aiming for their seventh MAC Tournament title.

Massillon Jackson junior forward Mark Henniger has verbally committed to play basketball at Kent State. Henniger is the second early commit for 2010 joining Cincinnati Aiken's Kenny Knight who committed in January to play for Geno Ford and staff. Henniger, a 6-8 forward, was the Federal League's Player of the Year last season when he averaged 20.5 points per game.

Dave Carducci from the Record Courier is reporting that the men's basketball team will travel to Italy to play four games in ten days from August 20-August 30. The last time the program went to play overseas was prior to the 1999-2000 season when former coach Gary Waters took his team to Italy. The team will participate in an exempt tournament sponsored by Basketball Travelers. They'll spend three days in Rome, three days in Venice and a few days in Lake Como. The team will play four professional teams, and benefit from 10 extra days of practice before returning home the day before classes start.

Also, the field seems to be set for Kent State's season opening tournament that they will host. The Hispanic College Fund Classic will welcome Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), Samford and Wisconsin-Green Bay to play in the round robin event in November.

The Kent State softball team's season came to an end with a 4-3 defeat to Northern Illinois this afternoon in the 2009 MAC Tournament. NIU scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning with two coming on a costly error. KSU's senior class finished with 136 victories over four years, tying them for the most in school history.

The Kent State softball team defeated Akron this morning 3-1 in the MAC Tournament behind the pitching of junior Kylie Reynolds. Reynolds struck out 12 and became the all-time leader in strikeouts at Kent State, passing former teammate Brittney Robinson. Kent State will play later tonight vs. what looks to be Western Michigan, with them leading Ohio 6-0 in the 6th inning.

The Kent State softball team will now open MAC Tournament play tomorrow morning at 10A.M. vs. the University of Akron at Firestone Stadium in Akron. If the Golden Flashes win they will play again at 6P.M., if they lose they will play at 8P.M. on Thursday.

The MAC East Champion Kent State softball team (24-24, 15-6) will begin the 2009 MAC Tournament against Akron (32-22, 11-10) at Firestone Stadium in Akron. The No. 2 seeded Golden Flashes will take on the No. 7 Zips at 5P.M. to begin the eight team, four day, double elimination tournament. Since 2004 KSU is 14-2 vs. Akron. Here is the bracket for the 2009 Tournament.

The Kent State baseball (35-12) team fell to Akron (16-30) last night in the third annual Diamond Classic for Kids at Canal Park by a score of 12-5. The game did not count in the MAC standings but did in the overall. The game served as a charity benefit for Akron Children's Hospital. Kent State and Akron will resume play this weekend in a three game series at Schoonover Stadium in Kent.

It is being reported by a couple different sources that the last scholarship for the men's basketball team in 2009 will now belong to guard Ian Pinckney. Pinckney, a 6-3 wing, was a qualifier out of high school but a question mark with the NCAA clearing house regarding a high school class led to him being a late qualifier and playing one season of junior college basketball in California. He would have played last season at Motlow Community College under former Kent State DOBO Mike Brown but suffered a stress fracture in his hand. He should have three years of eligibility remaining and there should be on official release on Monday. Pinckney is originally from Chicago.

Former Kent State quarterback Julian Edelman has already caught the eye of one media member at the Boston Globe. Patriots beat writer Mike Reiss already dedicated a quick video to the seventh round draft pick.